The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-10-23

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While each 300 expectation lige,
And 1ngs io see the day
Professor Henry Eyre Browne rendered
on the organ an aria with variations 10y
Cramer. The text Of the sermon wa
from Ephe-ians iv. 20: Let not the sun
go down upon your wrath DIR. Tai
mage said.
What pillow embroidered Of All colon.
hath the DYING day, The cradle of clouds
from which the sun rises is beautiful.
enough. bat DO is surpassed bV the many
cOlOrrd mausOleum in which at evening
ii j, buried. Sunset among the mount
aims, II almost takes ones breath away
10 recall the scene The long shadows
stretching over the plain make the glory
Of the departing light on the uptop crag-
and struck a,lant through the foliage tine
more transpicuous. Saffron and gold,
purple and crimson cOmminglcd. All
the castles Of cloud in conhagration.
Burning Moscows on the sky. Hanging
gardens of roses at their deepest blush
Banner, of tapor red as if from carnage.
i'm tine battle of the elements The hunter
among tine Adirondack, and the Swiss
viinger among thc Alps know what D. "a
sunset among rne mountains After "a
storm aI sea tine rolling grandeur into
which the sun goes down t0 lathe at
nighta.i i- something 90 make weird and
splendid dream, out of for % lifetime.
Alexander smith m his poem compares
the SUNSET to .'thc barren beach of hcll To-
bat th, wonderful ,pecmcl. of nature
makes me think of tine Furnished wall of
heaven Paul i'm prison writing my text
remembers some of thc gorgeous SUNSETS
among the mountains of Asia Minor. and
how he had often seen the towers of Da-
mascus blaze m the close of the Oriental
days and he flashes out that memory in
the text when he SAYS. Let not tine SIM
60 down upon yOur wrath.
Sublime and all suggestive duty for
people then and people now. Forgive
ness before shutdown He who never
feels the throD of Indignation Is lmhecile
lie who can walk among tine injustice.
of the world inflicted among himself and
others. without flush of cheek or flash
OF eve. or agitation of nature D., either i'm
~ lNlN NANINh ID iAIA NAWlla ~ l'Ai'fNl'
When Ananias. the high priest ordered
the cOustable- of the court room to smitc
Paul in the mouth. Paul fired up and said
..(iod shall 7mite thee. thou whited wall.
In the sentence Immediately before ms
text Paul commands the Ephe-ians
"l}e ye angry and sim not. Il an de-
pend, ON what You are mad at and how
I.t.fIl
RIGHT or wrong. Life is full of cxasper-
ations Saul after David. Succoth after
Gideon. kOruh after Moses, the Pasquins
after Augustus. the Pharisecs after
Christ and every one has had ms pur-
bucr, and wc are swindled. or belied or
mi-rcpr-,ntri. or prosecuted. or iu some
way WrOuged. and the danger Is that
acaItlWl Indignation shall become bale
ful spite. and that our feeling, settle
down INTO prolonged ouipouring of
temper dispIca,iug To God and ruinous TO
ourselves. and hence tine important in
junction of thc text. LET not the sun
20 down upon your wrath
Wh> tht limitation Co ones anger
Why that period of fans'ng vapor -et 20
pmotume flaming disposition: What
ha- tine sunset got 90 do with one, Tee
s.uifu emotions Was 10 haphazard
sentiment written by Paul without special
Significance. no. no; | think of five
rl-ou- why we should not let the sun
sa. before our temper SETS
First. because twelve hours D.. long
enough to De cross about any wrong in-
fitted upon us. Nothing is 500 exhaust
ing io physical health OF mental faculty
as prouacted indulgence of ill humor.
10 racks tine nervous system. 10 hurts
the digestion 1t heats tine blood I'm brain
and heart until the whole body is first
oyerhcatod and then depressed. Beside
that. it sour, tine disposition. turns one
aside from hi. legitimate work. cXpends
energic- that ought To be better employed
and doe. us more harm than 30 docs our
antagonist Paul gives us "a good. wide
allowance of time for legitimate denunci-
alton from O'Clock TO O'Clock. but
SAYS. stop there Watch the de-
scenlmg orb of day. and when il reaches
the horizon take reef in your DISPOSE
ton OnIoo-e Your collar and cool Of
Change tHe subject 90 something delight
fully pleasant enroll your tight fist
and shake hands with some 0ne Bank
up the fires at the curfew bell. Drive the
growing dog of cnmity back 10 It's ken
mel. The hours Of this morning will pass
by. and the afternoon viii arrive. and
the sun viii begin TO set, and beg You
on its blazing hearth throw AN your feuds
myectives and satires.
Other things being equal, the man who
preserves good temper will come out
ahead. An old essayist says that the
celebrated John Henderson of Bristol,
England. was at a dining party where
political excitement ran high and the de
bate got angry, and while Henderson was
speaking, his opponent unable toanswer
bis argument dashed a glass OF wine IN
bis face. when the speaker deliberately
wiped the liquid from his face and said:
This. sir, is "a digressi0n now, if you
please for the main argument While
worldly philosophy could help but very
few to such equipoise of spirit. the grace
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